Inspector Morse - The Dead Of Jericho / Mystery Of Morse (DVD)

Advantages: Excellent stories and excellent performances
Disadvantages: Occasional weaker episode but it is still good!

...originally aired in January of 1987 ? good heavens that?s over 20 years ago! Now I do feel old! I have taken a brief look around the various sites selling this sort of thing and the best price that I have found for Series One is £12.97 on Amazon, although it may be cheaper on EBay but of course it may not be brand new. Series One consists of three separate episodes which all originally aired in January 1987. The Dead of Jericho This was the first ever episode of Inspector Morse and was based directly on one of Colin Dexter?s books and it introduced us to the characters. Incidentally this episode was written by the Oscar winning Anthony Minghella of English Patient fame. Morse, who never quite finds romance, thinks that at last things will turn out differently when he meets beautiful Anne Staveley, played by Gemma Jones, at choir... Read review

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Advantages: May get you interested in one of the best detective on tellu
Disadvantages: you could become a sad case like me

...reasons. The first was that the character of Morse died, and more recently, John Thaw passed away after losing his battle against cancer. Saying that in many ways Morse is very much alive, with the programmes and the books still being watch and read by people on a regular basis. Morse is big business, and that this can be seen in the new publication of the magazine, Inspector Morse. The complete collection. The magazine is published in conjunction with Carlton by DeAgostini and the collection will be available every two weeks. The format is the usual magazine, but it come with a complete episode of Morse, in DVD or VHS formats. The first one, The Dead of Jericho comes in the honey trap price of £2.99 for the DVD version, but after this, they will be £7.99/ 5.99 for the DVD and VHS versions. For the review, I am going to look... Read review

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Advantages: Keeps the oldies happy
Disadvantages: A boring Programme

...INSPECTOR MORSE. After reading several of your well written opinions, people, I see that I may be going out on a limb here. It appears that many of you, if not all, are big Morse fans. Personally, I think it was the biggest load of old twoddle on the TV. Lets have a quick look at the programme shall we: We have John Thaw, who was once a big star in the Sweeney, trying to resurrect his ailing career as another copper. This time, rather than shouting,screaming and getting angry with Dennis Waterman, he is trying to solve crime the clever way. During his shows, Morse is sent to solve crimes along with his sidekick, Lewis. These long drawn out "Hunt the killer" programmes fail to capture my imagination or interest. Screened on ITV, it had competition from several other similar types of show. The ones where... Read review

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